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Friday Sept. 26th - Do Our Media Serve Us? |
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by ac
Email: diatribezine (nospam) yahoo.com (verified) |
20 Sep 2003
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Do Our Media Serve Us?
a day of panels, speakers & films concerning:
The role of the mainstream media in motivating the public¹s
acquiescence
towards questionable government policies & regulations.
Friday, Sept. 26 € Columbia College
10 am  6 pm in the Hokin Annex € 623 S. Wabash, 1st Floor |
Do Our Media Serve Us?
a day of panels, speakers & films concerning:
The role of the mainstream media in motivating the public¹s
acquiescence
towards questionable government policies & regulations.
Friday, Sept. 26 € Columbia College
10 am  6 pm in the Hokin Annex € 623 S. Wabash, 1st Floor
Admission is FREE & open to everyone. Complimentary refreshments will
be
served.
€ € € € €
10:00 am - event kickoff
€
10:15 am - panel concerning:
The growing gap between public interest & mainstream media
representation.
featuring:
Barbara Iverson (Columbia College journalism professor)
Chuck Mertz (WNUR¹s ³This Is Hell!² radio show host)
Brent Ritzel (Zine Guide & Tail Spins publisher/editor)
Grant Schreiber (Judas Goat Quarterly publisher)
11:15 am - q&a, discussion
€
11:45 am - speaker concerning:
The new FCC regulations & the further consolidation of corporate media.
featuring:
Mitchell Szczepanczyk (Chicago Media Action president)
12:25 pm - q&a, discussion
€
12:45 pm - films / lunch:
featuring:
³Gulf War Propaganda² (25 min. film by Ethan Clauset)
€
1:30 pm - panel concerning:
State-run media? Propaganda & the manipulation of the public mind.
featuring:
Aaron Cynic (Diatribe zine publisher)
Scott Limpscomb (Northwestern University associate professor
in music, Iraq Body Count researcher)
Greg Smith (foulinc zine co-publisher)
Paul Street (ZNet commentator)
2:30 pm - q&a, discussion
€
3:00 pm - panel concerning:
Alternatives to Bush in 2004.
featuring (plus one t.b.a.):
Anthony Rayson (Thought Bombs zine publisher)
Louis Silverstein (Columbia College liberal ed. professor)
John Stevenson (Columbia College liberal ed. professor)
4:00 pm - q&a, discussion
€
4:30 pm - zinester readings
€
5:15 pm - open reading time:
bring your stuff & read it for all in attendance.
€ € € € €
Presented by Columbia College Campus Ecology, in conjunction with Zine
Guide, Tail Spins magazine & Diatribe zine.
Sponsored by Columbia College Student Organizations Council and Campus
Ecology.
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